From a transcription error, a patient received an overdose of a prescribed medication. If the therapeutic index of the medication is 10 and the median effective dose is 2, the nurse would calculate as the median lethal dose for the medication as _____. Standard Text: Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
20
Rationale: 10 = x/2; solving for x, the median lethal dose would be 20.
Global Rationale: 10 = x/2; solving for x, the median lethal dose would be 20.
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